State Creation Not Foreclosed, Says Mark

[Shola Sholaz]

Senate President, David Mark, yesterday, raised the hope of Nigerians agitating for creation of more states, saying the National Assembly would revisit the various requests to that effect.
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This was even as the Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution turned down various requests for creation of states in the on going constitution review.
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He asked agitators for state creation not to be disillusioned at the recent turn of events, saying "there is still a window to address the issue."
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He spoke when he met with a group of people from his constituency, under the aegis of Idoma National Forum, INF, who had come to express displeasure over failure of the National Assembly to grant request for creation of proposed Apa state out of Benue State.
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Mark insisted that state creation was not yet laid to rest and explained that the draw back in the recommendation was that Chapter 8 of the 1999 Constitution made it cumbersome to actualize creation of state.